Churn.



J. T. REESE.

CHURN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY27. 1914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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CHURN. APPLICATION FILED JULY27| i914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,513.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN T. REESE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Shipman, in the county of Nelson andState of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inChurns; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

Th s inventlon comprehends certaln new and useful improvements in churnsand has for its primary object to provide anew and f improved form ofchurn which'will be of extremely simple construction and operation aswell as highly efficient in use.

Another object of the inventlon is to provide a churn in which'will beincluded improved .form of shaft and sleeve with a dasher of simpleconstruction mounted thereon and improvedmeans for supporting.-

' and operating the shaft and sleeve.

The invention has'for another object to provide a device of thischaracter in Which the shaft and sleeve will be slidably engaged in thegear wheels mounted on the cover of the churn frame in the supportingcasting carried by said cover or top of the churn frame, said gearsbeing adapted'to be rotated in reverse directions to revolve the shaftand sleeve with the dasher carried thereby in reverse directions.

l Vith these and other objects in v'iewas will become more'apparent asthe descrip-j tion proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as Willibe hereinafter more fully descrlbed and.

claimed;

For a complete understanding of my invcntion, reference is to be had tothe follow ing description and accompanying draw 'ings, in which- Figure1 is an elevation of the complete device, with the churn body insection, Fig.

Patented June 8, 1915;

and Fig, 6' is a fragmentary detail view partly in section.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates achurn'body proand provided with a central opening 3 for the shaft andsleeve which will be later fully described. suitable base 4* fromzwhichupwardly directed standards 5 extend andare braced at their lowerportions by the angular brace The churn body 1 rests upon a .co vldedwith a cover 2 of conventional form rods 6 connected therewith and withthe base i. A suitable circular top frame member is mounted upon theupper ends of; the

flanges 5 and provided with a seat 8 formed by cutting away a portion ofthe material around the inner upper edge of said top frame member 7 toreceive the opposite ends of the cross bar 9 which is secured againstmovement by the members 10 which are pivotally connected to the crossbar 9 by staples 11 or other suitable securing members and has thetongues 12 formed at their free ends forrengagement in staples 13 or thelike projecting from the outer face of V the top frame member '7. Itwill beunderstood that the-tongues 12 may be formed-by making inwardlydirected slots in one longi tudinal edge of the latch members 10,

Secured upon the upper face of the cross bar is the casting 1d,the base15 of vwhich f rests upon'the crossbar 9, while the upper end 16 of saidcasting is spaced from the base thereof by the upstanding verticalmembers 17 of the casting, through which is 'rotatably mounted theoperating shaft 18 having a handle'l19 formed uponflits outer end, whilethe beveled gear 20 is mounted upon the inner endrof said shaft andsecured of said beveled gear 20. The beveled gear 20 is engaged with theupper beveled gear 23 and also the lower beveled gear 24L, as will bereadily understood by referring to the drawings;

The upper upon the dasher shaft 25 and'has an annular flange" 26 whichis rotatably mounted in the beveled gear 23 is mounted in position byset screws 21 or the like carried by the rearwardly directed flange 22 jfree forwardly extremity'of the-upper end; 16 of the casting Handprevented'moving longitudinally therein by means of the set screw 27which is threaded in the outer eX- tremity of the end 16 and has itsinner'end engaged in the annular groove 28 in said flange 26, therebysecurely retaining the flange 26 and beveled gear 23 against verticalmovement, allowing the same to freely rotate with the shaft 25,previously mentioned, to which the beveled gear 23 is securely fastenedby the set screw 29, threaded in the flange 26 and adapted forengagement with the shaft The shaft as well as the sleeve 30 formed uponthe same is held against clownward movement by meansof the collar 31mounted upon the upper end of said shaft 25 and bearing upon the upperface of the iron 16, said collar 31 being secured to the dasher shaft 25by the set screws 32, which will be readily understood by referring tothe drawings.

- The sleeve 30 has its upper end terminating a short distance below theupper beveled gear 23, while its lower end terminates a spaced distanceabove the lower end of the shaft 25, said sleeve 30 being adapted to berotated upon the shaft 25 by means of the beveled gear 24, previouslymentioned which is engaged upon said sleeve 30 and locked for rotationtherewith by the longitudinal ribs 33 formed on the outer face of thesleeve 30 and slidably engaged in a longitudinal groove 34 formed in thecentral bore of the lower beveled gear 24 and the depending flange 35 ofsaid gear 24. It will be understood that the depending flange 35 of thelower beveled gear 24 depends through registering openings 36 in thebase 15 of the casting 14 and in the transverse bar 9 and is preventedfrom moving upwardly by a collar 37 positioned upon its lower end andsecured in position by a set screw 38 or the like. I

It will be readily seen that as the upper and lower gears 23 and 24 areboth rotated by causing reverse rotation of the shaft 25v and sleeve 30.

It will also cause a reverse rotation of the lower and upper dasherblades 39 and; 40

caused by the shaft 25 and sleeve 30 respec tively at the lower endsthereof. The Chi sher blades 39 are positioned at right angles andsecured to the block 41 threaded upon the lower extremity of the shaft25, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, four blades 39 being employed. Itwill be apparent, however, that the blades may be positioned atdifferent angles and any number of blades 39 may be employed, ifdesired, and each blade is preferably provided with at least one opening42 in its extended portion through which the contents of the churn maybe forced as the blades rotate to agitate said contents.

The dasher blades 40 are preferably positioned oppositely to the blades39 and are secured to the sides of the sleeve 30 at the lower endthereofin any suitable manner, as shown at 42, and I prefer to use thesame number of blades 40 for the sleeve 30.

It will be apparent that the lower end of the sleeve 30 bears upon theupper face of the block 41 during operation of the device, and it willbe understood that the sleeve 30 as well as the shaft 25 may be readilyremoved by moving the same downwardly after loosening the set screw 32,of the collar 31.

When operation of the device has been continued, the latch members 10may be readily disengaged from the staples 13 and the cross bar 9 withthe casting 14 and all of the parts mounted therein raised until thedasher blades 39 and 40 are removed from the churn body 1, it beingunderstood? will be understood that minor changes in: the details ofconstruction, comblnatlo-n and arrangement of parts may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed, orsacrificing any of. the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is A churn including-a shaft, a squared block.

secured upon the lower extremity of said? shaft, dasher blades securedto the sides of. said squared block at right angles to one another and:extended in corresponding directions with the inner vertical edge ofeach blade resting against the inner face of an adjacent blade, a sleeverotatably mounted; upon said shaft and adapted to rotate upon the upperend of said squared block, and dasher blades on opposite sides of' saidsleeve adjacent the lower end thereof and 0X tending at right angles toone another, the last mentioned blades being extended in 0 3-- posi'tedirections from the directions in which the first mentioned blades areextended, the inner vertical edge of each of the second mentioned bladesbeing engaged against the inner face of one of the adjacent secondmentioned blades and is secured to 7 W. A. MUNDAY, W. A. WHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

